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Author
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Mathews County, Virginia, is a remote outpost on the Chesapeake Bay with little to offer except unspoiled scenery -- but it sent one of the largest concentrations of sea captains and U.S. merchant mariners of any community in America to fight in World War II. The Mathews Men tells that heroic story through the experiences of one family whose seven sons (and their neighbors), U.S. merchant mariners all, suddenly found themselves squarely in the cross-hairs...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In September 1942 at the height of the battle for the Atlantic, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship without knowing that it carried more than 2,000 passengers, many of them civilians. What followed is a harrowing true story of heroism, heartbreak, and unexpected humanity in the midst of the bloodiest conflict in history.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at the first (and last) mission of the German battleship Bismarck, including talks with survivors, and at the location and exploration of the battleship in waters three miles deep, 600 miles off the coast of France.
9) U-571
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazis' top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.
Author
Series
Armor at war volume 7071
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
72 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Description
This new book from Ian Baxter delves into an important topic surrounding WWII. The focus is U-boats (untersee-boot, or "undersea boat") and their campaign against Allied shipping during the course of WWII. Germany constructed an impressive 1171 U-boats in the war years. Such was the significance of this deadly battle for the seas that the Allies lost more than 50,000 seamen and 15 million tons of shipping from 1939-45. Indeed, particularly early on...
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
xv, 345 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
On Sept. 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, including 90 children headed for peaceful Canada, their parents having elected to send them away from Great Britain to escape the ravages of World War II. The Benares sank in half an hour, in a gale that sent several of her lifeboats pitching into the frigid sea, more than three...
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
v, 256 p. ; illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
During a rehearsal for the D-day landings held in April 1944, a series of fatal blunders led to the deaths of nearly 1000 American servicemen off the Devon coast. This story explains how and why the tragedy happened, and explores the elaborate cover-up that later took place.
Author
Series
True rescue volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"A riveting WWII account of survival at sea-Book 4 in the True Rescue series from Michael J. Tougias, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Finest Hours."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Description
"On June 15, 1942, as thousands of vacationers lounged in the sun at Virginia Beach, two massive fireballs erupted just offshore from a convoy of oil tankers steaming into Chesapeake Bay. While men, women, and children gaped from the shore, two damaged oil tankers fell out of line and began to sink. Then a small escort warship blew apart in a violent explosion. Navy warships and aircraft peppered the water with depth charges, but to no avail. Within...
16) Das Boot
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (293 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Superb detailing of life in a German U-boat during WWII. The original uncut version. Based on the novel by Lothar G. Buchheim. Includes a making-of featurette; restored original stereo audio; and much more.
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